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| HER Number | MWB19668 |
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| Record Type | Monument |
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| Name | Site of Turnpike Cottages at Henwick, Thatcham |
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Summary
Former location of a toll house and gate on the London to Bath turnpike road, the cottages demolished in the 1960s
Other Statuses and Cross-References
- National Monuments Record No.: SU 56 NW 97
SU 49988 67690
Monument Type(s):
- TOLL GATE (18th century to Late 19th century - 1761 AD? to 1878 AD)
- TOLL HOUSE (18th century to Mid 20th century - 1761 AD? to 1965 AD)
Full Description
A turnpike is shown on Rocque's 1761 map <1> with a schematic building. This may be the same cottage or pair of cottages marked on the First Edition Ordnance Survey mapping <2>; a barrier across the road is also shown. Turnpike Cottages were demolished in the mid 20th century.
The National Record of Industrial Monuments <4> notes that this was the site of a Regency toll house, demolished in 1964, although J Kenneth Major recorded it in 1967 (only to note that it had already gone) <7>. A photograph from the collection of J Irving in West Berkshire Museum <9> shows the building in a derelict state. The toll gate was apparently taken down in 1878.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | Rocque, J. 1761. Rocque's Map of Berkshire. 1:35,000 (approx). Marked 'Turnpike'. [Map / SWB7242]
https://www.rct.uk/collection/700042/rocques-map-of-berkshire (Accessed 09/02/2021) |
| <02> | Landmark. 1872-85. Digital Ordnance Survey Mapping Epoch 1, 1:2500 (25 inch). Digital. 1:2500. Marked 'Thatcham T.P.'. [Map / SWB14341] |
| <03> | Ordnance Survey. 1962-1981. Ordnance Survey Epoch 5, 1:2500. 1:2500. 1:2500, 1968, Not shown. [Map / SWB14665] |
| <04> | 1963-80?. National Record of Industrial Monuments. Record No. BK 90. [Unpublished document / SWB148175] |
| <05> | Thatcham Vision & Thatcham Historical Society. 2009. Thatcham - an historic town in a changing world. online. p32. [Monograph / SWB147814] |
| <06> | Ordnance Survey. 1808. Ordnance Survey Drawing of Kingsclere; BL OSD 79, 1. Two inch to the mile. Marked 'TG'. [Map / SWB147330]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ordnance_Survey_Drawings_-_Kingsclere_(OSD_79).jpg (Accessed 07/11/2022) |
| <07> | Berkshire Industrial Archaeology Group. 1966-1991. Berkshire Industrial Archaeology Group Gazetteer of Industrial Sites & Monuments. 2023 WBC Network. OG174. [Unpublished document / SWB12762] |
| <08> | Rosevear, A. 2008. Turnpike Roads in England. http://www.turnpikes.org.uk. 26/04/2010. [Website / SWB147831]
http://www.turnpikes.org.uk (Accessed 31/12/2021 using Internet Explorer) |
| <09> | Museum Curator. Newbury Museum Accession Records (West Berkshire Museum since 1998). 2022 WBC Network. NEBYM:1988.10.23. [Unpublished document / SWB14452] |
| <10> | The Tate. Digitised collections from the Tate Archive. http://www.tate.org.uk/art/archive/collections. Photographs taken by John Piper. [Website / SWB149075]
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/archive/collections (Accessed 15/08/2016) |
Related Monuments
| MWB5909 | A4 BATH ROAD - General Record (Monument) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
| EWB176 | Berkshire Industrial Archaeology Group Survey |
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